Clothes-rack



(ModeL) L. 0. ROOT.

ULOTHE$ RACK.

No. 247, 92. Patented Sept. 27,1881.-

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LAWEENoE 0. EooT, OF EAST MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

CLOTH ES-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,692, datedSeptember 27, 1881. Application filed December 4, 1880. (ModeL) To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAWRENCE O. ROOT, of East Minneapolis, in thecountyof Henne- 'pin and State of Minnesota, have'invented a new andvaluable Improvement in Clothes- Racks; and I do hereby declare that thefol-' lowingis a full,clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a top view. Fig. 2 is a front view. Fig. 3is a vertical central section. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view.

This invention relates to that class of clothesdriers or clothes-racksin which a bracket secured to the wall, a fence, or other suitablepartition is provided with radial arms for supporting the articles to bedried or suspended; and it consists in the improved features ofconstruction and combination, hereinafter fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A represents a bracket. Bis theback-rim, having perforations a for bolts for attaching the bracket atany desired place. This rim is to bemade in any suitable shape. Fromarms b b there extends a rigid curved support, 0, and from the upperends, 0 c, of arms I) b there extends a fastening-bar, D, downward fromwhich project pins E. This bar is shorter than the support, and istherefore back of the latter. The support 0, as stated, is curved,whereas the bar ,D is composed of two straight arms, d 61, forming anangle, d, the relation of the two being that of chords to their arcs. Bythis construction a greater distance intervenes between the straightarms dd and the curved support 0 than if both the bar and support werestraight or curved, which gives a longer bearlng.

Support (3 and bar D are braced by a brace, F, which extends from top tobottom of backrim B and attached to the middle of said bar and support.This construction forms a skeleton-frame light, neat, and tasty.

As shown, bar D is not only behind but also above the plane of support0. On each side of brace F there extends downward from bar D pins E,there being usually the same number on each side. This bracket, composedas described, is preferably to be cast in one piece.

H are the rods, which are made with the butts h, having a hole, 6,therethrough, said rods being flat or thicker through one way than theother, and the holes running with the thicker direction. These rods areto be placed with their buttends resting on support 0, pins Epassinginto holesc the lengtlrot'said pins, and the depth of said rodsbeing such as to readily allow the rods to be inserted in place and beheld firmly there by the pins. To this end the depth of the rods shouldbe the same as the perpendicular distance between the planes of the topof support 0 and the bottom of bar D, and the pins E should have alength about half this distance, though it is only necessary that saidpins should be short enough for therods to he slipped in place. By thisconstruction the rack can readily be'taken apart for packing, and rodsnotin use can be shoved aside or taken down.

What I claim is- In a clothes-drier, the bracket A, having rim B,perforated at ac, and having the curved support (I, fastening-bar D,composed of straight arms 01 d, having downwardly-projecting pins E, andthe vertical curved brace F, connecting the rim B, curved support 0, andfasteningbar D, in combination with the rods H, having their butts hperforated at e, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

LAWRENCE ODELL ROOT.

Witnesses:

JARED WILSON BELLAMY, WILLIAM GULIGK.

